• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.247-250
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 반복하중을 받는 구리 나노와이어에서 나타나는 초탄성 거동을 분자동역학 전산모사를 통해 해석하였다. 나노스케일에서는 표면적 대 부피비가 매우 크기 때문에 표면효과가 지배적으로 나타난다. 이로 인해 벌크상태에서는 보이지 않던 새로운 성질들이 나노크기에서 나타나는데, 이러한 효과로 인해 나노와이어의 경우에는 초탄성 거동을 보인다. 초탄성 거동은 나노와이어의 결정학적 방향의 재배열에 의한 것으로써, 하중을 받는 동안 나노와이어의 결정 구조는 변하지 않으며, 쌍정의 발생 및 쌍정계면의 전파에 의해 결정학적 방향이 재배열된다. 재배열에 의해 부분적으로 변형되었던 나노와이어는 하중을 제거하거나 하중의 방향이 바뀜에 따라 원래의 상태를 회복하는 거동을 보이게 된다. 본 연구에서는 분자 동역학 전산 모사를 통해 <100>/{100} 구리 나노와이어가 반복적인 압축-인장 거동 하에서 초탄성을 보이게 됨을 확인하였으며, 반복 하중 싸이클을 증가시키는 전산모사를 통해 나노와이어의 초탄성이 영구적으로 유지됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.220-225
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• 1998

압축성 초탄성 평판의 순수굽힘에 대한 비선형 변형해석의 수학적 정해가 본 논문에 구해져 있다. 이차원 평면 변형도 상태가 해석을 위하여 가정되었으며, 비선형 순수굽힘 변형해석결과는 고전적인 선형 순수굽힘 변형해석결과와 비교되었다. 고전적인 선형굽힘 결과와는 다르게 비선형 순수굽힘 상태에서는 반경방향응력은 영이 아니며 또한 각방향응력도 선형 상태가 아닌 것으로 규명되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.740-746
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• 2008

In this paper, robust structural design of the PEMFC stack gasket is pursued with Taguchi method by considering the noise factor in stack assembly. The study of noise problem in stacking is required to secure the safety and performance improvement of PEMFC stack. The design parameters in the Taguchi method are selected so that the structural responses are insensitive to the noise factors. In the gasket analysis, a Mooney-Rivlin strain energy function is used to consider hyperelasticity between load and displacement. By uni-axial and equi-biaxial tension tests of the gasket, the material properties are determined for the use in robust design of PEMFC gasket. The robust design of the PEMFC stack may provide structural reliability.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.875-888
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• 2013

The researches have recently progressed toward the use of the superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) to develop new smart control systems that reduce permanent deformation occurring due to severe earthquake events and that automatically recover original configuration. The superelastic SMA materials are unique metallic alloys that can return to undeformed shape without additional heat treatments only after the removal of applied loads. Once the superelastic SMA materials are thus installed at the place where large deformations are likely to intensively occur, the structural system can make the best use of recentering capabilities. Therefore, this study is intended to propose new buckling-restrained braced frames (BRBFs) with superelastic SMA bracing systems. In order to verify the performance of such bracing systems, 6-story braced frame buildings were designed in accordance with the current design specifications and then nonlinear dynamic analyses were performed at 2D frame model by using seismic hazard ground motions. Based on the analysis results, BRBFs with innovative SMA bracing systems are compared to those with conventional steel bracing systems in terms of peak and residual inter-story drifts. Finally, the analysis results show that new SMA bracing systems are very effective to reduce the residual inter-story drifts.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.353-362
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• 2020

Korea was recognized as a relatively safe area for earthquake. However, due to considerable damage to facilities caused by the earthquake in Gyeongju and Pohang, interest in the maintenance and repair of structures is increasing. So interest in vibration damping technology applicable to existing structures is also increasing. However, vibration damping technology has a problem in that its usability is reduced due to damage of the damping device when a strong earthquake occurs. Recently, in order to solve such a problem, study is being conducted to apply a superelastic shape memory alloys (SSMA) capable of recentering bracing. Therefore, in this study, nonlinear dynamic analysis is performed to evaluate the seismic performance of the buckling-restrained braced frame (BRBF) applied SSMA to bracing.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.361-374
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• 2016

The material property of the rubber has been studied in order to improve the reliability of the finite element model of a lead rubber bearing (LRB) which is a typical base isolator. Rubber exhibits elastic behaviour even within the large strain range, unlike the general structural material, and has a hyper-elastic characteristics that shows non-linear relationship between load and deformation. This study represents the mechanical characteristics of the rubber by strain energy function in order to develop a finite element (FE) model of LRB. For the study, several strain energy functions were selected and mechanical properties of the rubber were estimated with the energy functions. A finite element model of LRB has been developed by using material properties of rubber and lead which were identified by stress tests. This study estimated the horizontal and vertical force-displacement relationship with the FE model. The adequacy of the FE model was validated by comparing the analytical results with the experimental data.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.9-15
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• 2011

The influence of the strain-rate on the superelastic behaviors of shape memory alloys (SMAs) wires is experimentally and numerically investigated. The one-dimensional SMA constitutive equations considering strain-rate effect is developed. The evolution of stress-strain curves of SMA wires is examined with various strain-rates. Results show that the superelastic behaviors of SMAs may significantly be changed depending on the variation of strain-rate.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.493-501
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• 2015

Superelastic shape memory alloys (SMAs) are metallic materials that can automatically recover to their original condition without heat treatment only after the removal of the applied load. These smart materials have been wildly applied instead of steel materials to the place where large deformation is likely to concentrate. In spite of many advantages, superelastic SMA materials have been limited to use in the construction filed because there is lack of effort and research involved with the development of the material model, which is required to reproduce the behavior of superelastic SMA materials. Therefore, constitutive material models as well as algorithm codes are mainly treated in this study for the purpose of simulating their hysteretic behavior through numerical analyses. The simulated curves are compared and calibrated to the experimental test results with an aim to verify the adequacy of material modeling. Furthermore, structural analyses incorporating the material property of the superelastic SMAs are conducted on simple and cantilever beam models. It can be shown that constitutive material models presented herein are adequate to reliably predict the behavior of superelastic SMA materials under cyclic loadings.

• Composites Research
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.329-334
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• 2023

The classical multiscale finite element (FE² ) method involves iterative calculations of micro-boundary value problems for representative volume elements at every integration point in macro scale, making it a computationally time and data storage space. To overcome this, we developed the data-driven multiscale analysis method based on the mean-field homogenization (MFH). Data-driven computational mechanics (DDCM) analysis is a model-free approach that directly utilizes strain-stress datasets. For performing multiscale analysis, we efficiently construct a strain-stress database for the microstructure of composite materials using mean-field homogenization and conduct data-driven computational mechanics simulations based on this database. In this paper, we apply the developed multiscale analysis framework to an example, confirming the results of data-driven computational mechanics simulations considering the microstructure of a hyperelastic composite material. Therefore, the application of data-driven computational mechanics approach in multiscale analysis can be applied to various materials and structures, opening up new possibilities for multiscale analysis research and applications.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.28-34
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• 2017

Elastomeric o-ring performance and structure when subjected to a foreign object is studied using finite element analysis (FEA). Elastomeric o-rings have been studied using 2D analysis for a long time. Contact pressure is an important factor in o-ring design. When contact pressure is lower than applied pressure, leaking, vibration, and noise can occur; resulting in decreased output. In this study, we compared 2D and 3D analyses of elastomeric o-rings. Similar results were shown for 2D and 3D contact pressure. However, when an o-ring encounters foreign object matter, 3D analysis is required because contact pressure in every direction needs to be considered. We determined the influence of foreign matter on o-ring performance and structure by analyzing 10 cases with different clearances in a 3D model. Therefore, an o-ring encountering foreign object matter must be analyzed in 3D with the result included in the o-ring design.